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COPY
Urgent.
100/12/10.
55
Foreign Offiss,
8.1.1.
11th January, 1925.
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Sir,
With reference to the letter from this department
No. 7 67/12/10 of the 7th instant, I am directed by the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you
herewith for the information of the Duke of Devonshire
a paraphrase of a telegram received from His Majesty's
Chargé d'Affaires at Peking regarding the proposal of the
Government of Hongkong that an advance of two million
dollars should be made to Ch'en Ch'iung-ming, the Military
Governor of the Provines of Kwangtung - A printed copy
of despatch No.579 from His Majesty's Minister at Peking,
referred to în Mr. Clive's telegram, is also enclosed.
B. Mr. Clive sonsiders that it would be a dangerous
polisy to give such active support to Ch'en, which would lay
His Majesty's Government open to the accusation that they
were interfering in the internal affairs of China and would
also antagonise Sun Yat-sen, whose influence in China is
at the moment considerable and may, in the near future be
increased. It is a question whether the grant of financial
assistance to Ch'en Ch'iung-ming by or at the instance of
His Majesty's Goverment would not in the end actually weaken
Ch'en's influense and strengthen that of Sun, but apart from
this consideration the Secretary of State remains of the
opinion expressed in the letter from this department of
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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